tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post6867253328743978752..comments2024-03-27T10:50:17.270-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Giant Western, October 1950James Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-56738800742548042212018-05-19T12:32:30.513-05:002018-05-19T12:32:30.513-05:00I imagine the "always poker" idea came f...I imagine the "always poker" idea came from movies & TV. Just like the idea that a saloon only served beer & rotgut whiskey.<br /><br />I imagine blackjack got played when the house had someone to deal. Who knows what old country games came via newly arrived Americans.<br /><br />I remember a History Channel series about the west told about a Tombstone bar that prided itself on serving over twenty fine wines. And that that was not too uncommon. When I wrote a Masked Rider tale for Airship-27, I had Wayne Morgan enter a saloon and ask for wine. The barkeep replied that he just got some in from (a very real, period authentic) place in Herman, Missouri.<br /><br />Movies & TV usually don't have time for that kind of detail.Erwin-Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08077550093912328373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-5950151595555923822018-05-18T23:55:54.906-05:002018-05-18T23:55:54.906-05:00I'm pretty sure I've seen roulette wheels ...I'm pretty sure I've seen roulette wheels with fights going on around them on Western pulp covers, but poker was a lot more common.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-33668395298378977132018-05-18T17:59:25.321-05:002018-05-18T17:59:25.321-05:00Sorry; that "anonymous" was me. I did t...Sorry; that "anonymous" was me. I did the "name and URL thing" but had to refresh and didn't notice the name went away.Denny Liennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-49177043315026041152018-05-18T17:58:22.715-05:002018-05-18T17:58:22.715-05:00Idle curiosity if it was "always poker,"...Idle curiosity if it was "always poker," or if there are western pulp covers out there with a gunfight breaks out over a roulette wheel or a game of faro or dice or . . .? <br /><br />(Probably not tiddly-winks or table tennis, though.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-69681935854419686292018-05-12T12:12:24.150-05:002018-05-12T12:12:24.150-05:00Standard pulp size but thicker than usual. It star...Standard pulp size but thicker than usual. It started out at 194 pages, dropped down to 162 afer half a dozen issues, and stayed at that size for a while before gradually shrinking into the 140s. The final issue was only 130 pages, but that's still thicker than most pulps.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-6702995745975468092018-05-12T11:54:20.248-05:002018-05-12T11:54:20.248-05:00Was this pulp oversized?Was this pulp oversized?Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.com